Reviews for Science fiction A to Z

The average rating for Science fiction A to Z based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-05 00:00:00 Salvatore J Loporchio Never mind the gimmick. Never mind that many of the stories are so dated that a modern reader has trouble appreciating them even just for their historical value. Never mind that some great authors are represented by some of their weakest work. Read this anyway, if you get a chance. Choose your own favorites. Mine are probably A Death in the House by Clifford D. Simak, "Skirmish on a Summer Morning" by Bob Shaw, and most especially, the one I cannot stop thinking about, "For the Sake of Grace" by Suzette Haden Elgin. That one alone is worth buying the book for, I think, especially if you're a feminist. I see by the titles of Elgin's other works that this story could easily have been overly earnest or didactic, but it's very well edited, a clean novelette stripped until it's a deceptively simple story that is both brilliantly written and packs a wallop. Even though her other titles don't particularly interest me, I will be trying to find and read some of them.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-07-27 00:00:00 Steven Mendez Delivers as promised; great collection of enjoyable, memorable scifi stories. Even if some of the material may be dated, the promise of the science fiction is timeless.